Plane Crash List

Cessna 172RG N5096R

26 June 1984 · Red Feather Lak, Colorado, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 26 June 1984 at about 20:16 local time, a Cessna 172RG registered N5096R, operated by James R. Robb, was involved in an accident near Red Feather Lak, Colorado, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 20:16
Classification
Accident
Location
Red Feather Lak, Colorado, United States
Coordinates
40.7994, -105.5805
Aircraft
Cessna 172RG
Registration
N5096R
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
James R. Robb
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Rd Fthrs Lake/C → Greeley
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
DEN84FA196

People

3 people died.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
3 3 0 0 0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

ACFT DEPARTED DOWNWIND INTO RISING TERRAIN WITH DENSITY ALTITUDE CALCULATED TO BE 10,935 FT. ACFT WAS OBSERVED TO MUSH INTO RISING TERRAIN 300 FT HIGHER THAN AND 3 MI WEST OF THE RWY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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